Screen LibraryCommunicating politics online /
"Shifting to an online world has drastically changed political communication. From producers of news and the consumers receiving it, from how campaigns communicate with voters to how elected officials connect with constituents, technology has disrupted political communication by making the spee...
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Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2014. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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Palgrave Pivot
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| Summary: |
"Shifting to an online world has drastically changed political communication. From producers of news and the consumers receiving it, from how campaigns communicate with voters to how elected officials connect with constituents, technology has disrupted political communication by making the speed of messages faster, creating a social environment that allows for mobile creation and consumption of content. In Communicating Politics Online, Chapman Rackaway shows how every actor involved in the political world, from the President to the everyday voter, has to rethink the process and strategy of political communication. Using online supplements linked to the main text allows the book to capture the hyper-accelerated pace of new media political communication"-- |
| Carrier Form: | vii, 123 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781137441508 113744150X |
| Index Number: | JA85 |
| CLC: | D771.2-05 |
| Call Number: | D771.2-05/R122 |
| Contents: | 1. What is the Media? -- 2. A Brief History of the Media -- 3. Regulation and Oversight -- 4. Reporting and News Gathering -- 5. The Digital Shift -- 6. Online News Consumption -- 7. Campaigning in the Media -- 8. Governing through the Media -- 9. Bias -- 10. The Future of Media. |